Hulya Tarman wrote in
this column: "He went all the way to jail, but he will be back. If the
doves can make it in time, he will be able to to read his own words out
loud. Like it used to be. But it didn't work out, he didn't make it.
Should he stay quiet and closed off? No, we will open this lock. If we
don't show solidarity now, then when?"

This lock was opened
by Amnesty International, the international antiwar organization,
Payday, conscientious objectors, anti-war groups, anarchists, the human
rights association, gays, and women. I went all the way to jail and
back.

Serdar Degirmencioglu
wrote in this column: "Halil Savda quietly left the Diyadin prison on
Friday April the 13th. He was released under the new parole law and he
quietly got in the official vehicle that was waiting for him. Turkeys
first minister of peace started his job with no formalities and without
waiting. Of course this is made up! There is no ministry of peace. Halil
Savda is out of jail but not free. I am ashamed of all of this. I am
ashamed of the blood that has been spilled, the suffering, the guns and
landmines, of the police state, the murdered children, and the regime of
plunder and exploitation. I am deeply ashamed"

Unfortunately, the
Turkish justice system has still not reached the point of concerning
itself with freedoms. It acts with militaristic and nationalistic
concerns. For this reason there are tens of journalists and hundreds of
people in prison for "thought crimes". There is still a war going on and
people are dying. Violations of basic rights to life are very common.
Basic rights of Kurds, Armenians and Alevi's are infringed on, and
militarization is present in every aspect of life. Murders of
trans-people, gays, and women are routine. The problem is not me being
in jail.

Since February 24th
2012 I have been in prison under Turkish Law 318 for "turning people
against military service". Because of this I haven't been able to write.
On April 13th 2012 I was released on parole with the condition of going
in to the Diyarbakir police station every day to sign a sheet of paper.

Every morning in
Diyarbakir I go to the police station at the Seyrantepe Housing complex
to sign in. If I miss a day they will arrest me again and I will have to
spend my remaining 50 days in jail. There is still the threat of going
back to jail. My parole in Diyarbakir lasts until June 3rd. During this
period, if I don't sign in, or if I violate law 318 by making a
statement that "turns the people against military service" I will be put
back in prison. Because I defend justice, peace, and non-violence, my
conditions of arrest are continuing.

People released from
jail under the new parole laws are classified as being low, high, or
medium risk. Because I was judged to be high-risk, I was required to
sign in every day. The reason I was judged to be "high risk" was that I
had been in jail before, and that I believed I had been arrested
wrongfully. The psychologist asked me "do you believe that you have been
imprisoned wrongfully?" I replied "yes, I have been punished and
imprisoned wrongfully". This showed that I had not been reformed. If I
had said "my imprisonment and punishment were right", I could now be
going anywhere I want to and only have to sign in two days a week. As it
is, I cannot leave Diyarbakir. It is as if I'm imprisoned in the castle
of Diyarbakir.

The Justice and
Development party made a new parole law for those imprisoned in the
criminal system. People imprisoned under "TMK" (the struggle on
terrorism law) cannot take advantage of this. This is obviously
discriminatory and against the principle of equality in law. I am the
only person charged with "thought crimes" who has been released from
prison under this parole law. This is obviously very sad and unjust.

Many thanks Amnesty
International, Payday, the international anti-war organization, Turkish
conscientious objectors, Anarchists, women's rights organizations and
Human rights organizations who showed solidarity with me and who have
been campaigning for this for months. They carried out good examples of
solidarity. Such campaigns and shows of solidarity are valuable for a
free, just, and peaceful society.

Even if I am in jail,
even if I am imprisoned in the castle of Diyarbakir, my struggle for
freedom, non-violence, and justice will continue. As the writer Ayse
Batumlu has said "Even though thousands of people who are the conscience
of this country have been imprisoned or are in the claws of the criminal
justice system through new techniques of oppression, their thought are
on the loose. Any fear that those in power have is too little". Our
thoughts are thoughts are on the loose.

I
would like to end by quoting Yildirim Turker: "No one can break this
resistance".